Meet Rohit Khandelwal, the first Indian to win Mr World

After winning the title, Khandelwal said, “I feel so privileged and humbled to be Mr World 2016. I would like to thank all my fans and all the people who have been giving me all their blessings. It is only your love and support that has been my inspiration to win Mr World 2016. It has been an amazing journey to this point, and I cannot wait to see what happens next.”

Rohit Khandelwal, popular actor, television personality and model from India has won the prestigious title of Mr World 2016 and with that he becomes the first Indian to do so. The pageant was held on July 19, 2016, at the Southport Theatre and Convention Centre in Southport, UK, which saw 47 participants from around the world. Khandelwal has also won a cash prize of $50,000 along with the coveted title, say media reports. The 26-year-old also competed for various subtitles at the pageant, including World Multimedia Award, World Talent, Mobstar People’s Choice Awards and many more. Check out photos from the event.

Rohit Khandelwal from India won the title of Mr World 2016 at the Grand Final of the Mr World Competition at the Southport Theatre and Convention Centre in Southport, UK, on the evening of July 19. Not only is Khandelwal the first Indian to win the title, but apparently the first Asian as well.

The 26-year-old actor from Hyderabad claimed the ultimate prize winning over 46 other finalists, who represented their respective nations. The selection was made from thousands of applicants from across the world after year-long series of events that culminated in the Grand Finale on July 19.

Khandelwal was handed the mantle from Mr World 2014 Nicklas Pedersen. The actor-model graduated from Aurora Degree College and first worked as a SpiceJet ground staff, and then as a technical support assistant for Dell Computers. He went on to act in a couple of TV series, and audiences may remember him as Veer from Yeh Hai Aashiqui and Sreedhar from Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya.

After winning the title, Khandelwal said, “I feel so privileged and humbled to be Mr World 2016. I would like to thank all my fans and all the people who have been giving me all their blessings. It is only your love and support that has been my inspiration to win Mr World 2016. It has been an amazing journey to this point, and I cannot wait to see what happens next.”

Fernando Álvarez, 21, from Puerto Rico, was runner's up, while Aldo Esparza Ramírez, 26, from Mexico ame third.

The finale took place after 12 days of competition, comprising five challenege events that would test the qualities of the 'World’s Most Desirable Man'. The finale saw all the contestants take the stage and 'fight it out' for the coveted title in front of a live audience and a panel of expert judges.

Truck Attack in Nice, France: What We Know, and What We Don’t

The driver of a large white truck mowed down a crowd gathered to watch Bastille Day fireworks in Nice, France, on Thursday night. Scores of people were killed and injured in what the French president called a terrorist attack.

What We Know

• The truck, a 19-ton refrigeration vehicle rented by the assailant on July 11, sped down the crowded seaside promenade in Nice around 10:45 p.m. Thursday, said François Molins, the Paris prosecutor. He said the assailant drove about 1.1 miles and exchanged gunfire with three police officers. He was found shot to death in the truck cab’s passenger seat.

• At least 84 people were killed — including 10 children and teenagers — and 202 were wounded, government officials said on Friday. President François Hollande of France said that at least 50 of the injured had been critically hurt. Foreigners among the dead included three Germans, two Americans, two Tunisians and a Russian.

• Government officials identified the assailant as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, 31, a delivery-truck driver raised in northeast Tunisia, who moved to France around 2005. He had a minor criminal record for threats, violence, theft and vandalism, Mr. Molins said, but his name was not in a government database of radicalized militants.

• Contrary to initial reports from Nice municipal officials that the truck was full of weapons and explosives, Mr. Molins said its cargo hold contained a bicycle and eight empty pallets. He said the cab contained an automatic 7.65-millimeter pistol, two fake assault rifles, a nonfunctioning grenade, and a cellphone and unspecified documents that the police were analyzing.

• Mr. Hollande called the truck killings a terrorist attack and convened an emergency meeting at the Interior Ministry in Paris. He said that a state of emergency established after the Paris attacks eight months ago would be extended by an additional three months. It had been scheduled to expire on July 26.

• France will observe three days of national mourning, starting on Saturday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced Friday morning. He said that the country would not give in to terrorism, but he warned that it had entered an era in which it would have to live with terrorism.

What We Don’t Know

• The motive for the attack, whether the truck driver had accomplices, or whether any radical Islamist organizations may have played a role.

• The extent and adequacy of security preparations for the large crowds attending Bastille Day celebrations on Thursday, especially in cities outside Paris, like Nice. There was extensive security in place for the recent Euro 2016 soccer tournament.

• Whether France’s intelligence and security agencies had received any hints of the danger. On July 5, a parliamentary inquiry examining last year’s attacks found widespread failures in the collection and analysis of information that could have helped prevent those assaults.